Florida dad beats the living hell out of man who allegedly sexually assaulted his son, then calls the cops

posted at 2:41 pm on July 18, 2014 by Allahpundit

Just passing this along for your edification via Twitter, where people are sharing the link and many virtual high-fives. I use the word “allegedly” in the headline loosely because, per the report, the accused molester ‘fessed up after the cops were done peeling him off the floor.

Reminds me of a similar story from Texas two years ago about a dad who caught some degenerate molesting his little girl and beat him literally to death. He was remorseful; the dad in today’s story is … less so.

Asked if any weapons were involved, the father said “my foot and my fist.”…

The child told investigators that he was playing video games with friends but after the friends left, Frolander asked the boy to sit in his lap and then took him to a back room, the report said.

Frolander then pulled the boy’s pants down and started sexually battering him, the boy told police, adding that Frolander had been abusing him since he was 8 years old, investigators said…

“He stood up and his pants were around his ankles and nothing else needed to be said,” the father said. “I did whatever I got a right to do except I didn’t kill him.”

“You are damn lucky boy that I love my God,” the man said on the telephone to 9-1-1.

“I’m guilty,” said Frolander when questioned by police, according to the arrest affidavit. The boy’s father hasn’t been charged — but could he be? Here’s what Florida law says about using force when coming to the defense of another person:

776.012 Use of force in defense of person.—A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other’s imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if:

(1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony; or

(2) Under those circumstances permitted pursuant to s. 776.013.

The particulars of the law don’t much matter — no jury in America is going to convict the dad, especially since he stopped short of killing the perp — but obviously he qualifies for this defense. All he has to do is show that he “reasonably believed” he needed to use force to stop the attack; given that a rapist caught in the act and facing a loooong sentence is apt to be desperate and behave unpredictably, no one’s seriously going to dispute that force was necessary to neutralize him. If the dad had gone apesh*t and continued beating the guy even after he was out cold, to the point where he actually killed him, a prosecutor might have toyed (briefly) with a voluntary manslaughter charge. But c’mon: Who’s going to convict a parent for being overzealous in protecting their child from a predator caught in the act? Dad could have tossed this guy off a building “Untouchables”-style and people would be talking about him as a third-party candidate for mayor. When you walk in on your kid being raped, you get the benefit of the doubt.

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As far as I’m concerned, this dad did exactly the right thing. Killing a child-abuser would be too nice…beating them to within an inch of their lives and letting them live to feel the pain and have permanent scars is far better.

I’m betting the doosh perp won’t ever be doing anything like that ever again. This may not be the most Christian thought in the world, but hopefully this guy will be getting a taste of his own medicine behind bars from his fellow inmates. Even the most hardened criminals don’t take nicely to child abusers.

Cops charged me when I did far less to the coach who was sexting my daughter (age 12). He trumped up two charges to protect his buddy. Cost me a fortune. I talked to his fellow coach at a school where had recently been hired, showed him the texts plus multiple public tweets in which he tweets middle and high school girls ( on the team he was coaching too), some during school hours, others as late as midnight. I also showed him the disgusting posts he put up at a social site.

The coach turned my name into the campus cop with a bogus story about me. AD and campus cop refused to see the evidence I had, When I asked the cop if he cared about the girls the jerk was coaching at the high school where the cop worked, he responded, “are you threatening me?!?” 7 weeks later cops showed up at my home.

This guy should be thankful this has gone public. I had to go to the papers… And you know how the school district defended itself? They said that I could have photoshopped the pages and pages of screen caps of his public tweets and posts.

As to my own actions if I had been in similar situation? I love God, too. But I think I would have killed him and let him work it out before the judgement seat; Jesus and I can work things out as pertains to my salvation.

If the dad had gone apesh*t and continued beating the guy even after he was out cold, to the point where he actually killed him, a prosecutor might have toyed (briefly) with a voluntary manslaughter charge. But c’mon: Who’s going to convict a parent for being overzealous in protecting their child from a predator caught in the act?

I wouldn’t count on that. They do sometimes go after people for killing when it is not necessary to stop the act and juries can surprise.

This ended the best way possible. The scumbag got the beating he deserved and will be locked up for a long time. Dad will not be charged and can be around to begin the process of making sure his son gets the help he will no doubt need. I’m glad he held back.

As much as I like the idea of the father ventilating the scumbag to save the good people of Florida from the expense of feeding and housing the perp for the next few decades, this is still totally awesome.

Who’s going to convict a parent for being overzealous in protecting their child from a predator caught in the act?

I’m really hoping either HuffPo or the Daily Kos posts this story because I want to see the reaction in the comments section. I’d bet on substantial numbers calling for ‘treatment’ for the offender and jail for the dad (state custody of the kid, of course).

My only nit: the kid is 11 and has been molested since he was 8. Dad did the right thing when he found out, but where has he been for the last few years?
No Truce With Kings on July 18, 2014 at 3:01 PM

The guilt, shame, confusion, mental manipulation and threats the abuser inflicts on the victim work to hide the abuse. Many cases of child sexual abuse go unreported and kept secret.

My only nit: the kid is 11 and has been molested since he was 8. Dad did the right thing when he found out, but where has he been for the last few years?

No Truce With Kings on July 18, 2014 at 3:01 PM

I wondered about that myself until I realized maybe the pervert threatened to hurt the father or something. They are good at that sort of thing. Also maybe the kid didn’t want this exact thing to happen because his father might get in trouble.

The guilt, shame, confusion, mental manipulation and threats the abuser inflicts on the victim work to hide the abuse. Many cases of child sexual abuse go unreported and kept secret.

Newtie and the Beauty on July 18, 2014 at 3:23 PM

All true, sadly.

And in most cases of abuse like this, the perp is a family member or close family friend. Some children try to explain what’s happening to them, but far too often the parent(s) just don’t want to, or can’t, believe it.

You’re the worst for assuming the father can’t tell the difference between homosexual sex between consenting adults and pedophilia. Don’t attribute your stupidity to others. libfreeordie on July 18, 2014 at 3:15 PM

When the “ped” becomes an adult he seamlessly blends into the “I’ve always been gay” crowd, unfortunately.

Dad could have tossed this guy off a building “Untouchables”-style and people would be talking about him as a third-party candidate for mayor.

With all this talk of violence that was obviously justified, it’s ironic & tragic that many of the people celebrating him for protecting his kid have paid abortionists to do worse violence to their own kids.

Good ending to a horrible crime but I find it incredible that this father had no faith in the Florida justice system. Yes, sarcasm. Yes, the perp had rights. But apparently so did the dad. And lefts too! Nyuk nyuk.